Mariah Carey Quotes
"If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through."
- Mariah Carey
"In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: World)
"It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: People, Talk)
"My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Heart)
"My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Mother, Father, Irish)
"Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you."
- Mariah Carey
"One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: God, Day, Quitting, Voice)
"This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!"
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Dream)
"I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Goal, Hope, Career, Past, Want)
"Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Life)
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!"
- Mariah Carey
(Related: End, Light)
"Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Life, Music, Grace, Singing, Talking)
"I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Life, People, Attention)
"A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Time, People, Singing, World)
"I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen."
- Mariah Carey
"Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Butterflies)
"Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Fans, Forget, Hair, Want, Will)
"I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere."
- Mariah Carey
"I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Dress, Hair, Style)
"I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: People, Being, Mind)
"I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do."
- Mariah Carey
(Related: Right)